Week 2 Training Plan:

1 x Light Walk (aim for minimum of 6kms brisk walking)

    1 x Interval Training

    1 x Trek Training  (2-3hrs with a 3-8kg pack) long walk, speedy pace, incorporating as many hills/stairs and undulating terrain as you can

    2 x Relaxation & Injury prevention: Stretch, yoga, swimming

The interval training session for this week involved what Coastrek call “The Big 5”.

10 pushups
Plank for 1 minute
10 pushups
Plank for 1 minute
20 step-ups
10 squats
Toe taps to a step or ledge
Repeat 5 rounds of this circuit, starting with stairs or hills at the beginning of each round

While following the Coastrek training plan, I also followed my gym program, and added the above intervals.

We were away camping on the weekend, so I was able to the the longer walk and an extra 3 hour session in the Buckland Valley.

Just as a reminder, Coastrek Melbourne, is a fundraiser for the Fred Hollows foundation.

From the website: “We see a world in which no person is needlessly blind and Indigenous Australians exercise their right to good health”

If anyone would like to donate to our team just go to my page here with all donations being tax deductible in Australia. Thank you very very much in advance. Any donations are much appreciated by me and by the Fred Hollows Foundation